AMMRL members:
There were about 20 managers in-person and 10 on-line at the meeting
last Monday at ENC.
Topic 1 was the future of AMMRL. Everyone present agreed that the email
format is a good one for discussions and posting summaries. There was
some discussion of changing the email server (since Walt, our host has
retired), replacing Steering Committee members who have retired, and
(maybe) doing something with social media. Work is being done in these
areas, and we should have a more detailed update soon.
Topic 2 was helium. The shortage is affecting everyone, and we heard
several specific stories. Many managers are interested in getting
capture and re-liquify systems. One strategy for academic labs is to
gain access to upper administration (somehow) and point out the cost of
our instrumentation, but also the dollar amount of funded research that
needs magnetic resonance and would not be able to be done without the
NMR facility.
There was some discussion of capture/liquify sytems, and it was evident
that there was a lot of interest. A summary of the discussion will be
posted.
We are going to create a "best practice" document based on the current
system owners' experiences. (There have been several surveys and
summaries posted in the last year. This is intended to be more bullet
points and less narrative.) More on that soon.
on behalf of Steer,
kas
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Karen Ann Smith Director, NMR Facility
Research Facilities Director
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Clark Hall MSC03 2060
1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
karenann_at_unm.edu 505.277.4031 http://nmr.unm.edu
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